漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes
参: nonplussed, three (in documents)
Also: going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love, participate, take part in
厶 carries the meaning · 大 and 彡 are drawn in
Three readings, and the words that use each
サンsan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 参加するさんかするparticipate
- 参戦するさんせんするparticipate in a war
- 参拝するさんぱいするworship
- 持参するじさんするbring
- 降参するこうさんするsurrender, give up [v.i.]
- 参考書さんこうしょreference book
- 参議院さんぎいんHouse of Councilors
まいるmairu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 参るまいるvisit, go [hum.], be beaten
まい-mai- · kun'yomi
- 墓参りはかまいりvisit to a grave [n.]
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 人参にんじんcarrot
Also read シン, まじわる, みつ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)晶 stars + 光 light; brightness + 彡 light rays
Simplified from 曑.
Source: Wiktionary, 參 (rev. 92691419), CC BY-SA 4.0
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Connections
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 參 · cān
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 参. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 參.
- Simplified
- 参 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 參 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cān most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.